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Highly educated young Americans are losing jobs to AI. Things are not yet that bad in Denmark. But in the long run AI could lead to mass unemployment, says UCPH sociologist.
Final DKK 50 million cut postponed to 2029–2030 — equivalent to 150 full-time salaries. Management expects no major rounds of layoffs, but does not rule out unit-specific dismissals.
Bureaucracy is preventing two popular lecturers from being rehired in Comparative Literature. Students push back: »Agus was the highlight of my time at university.«
A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Council calls »a collective failure of management«.
New opportunities for collaboration, but less proximity to researchers. That’s how research adviser Heidi Weje describes life in the UCPH Research and Information Security unit after the reform.
Three communications staff on having stronger professional ties — and on the challenges of centralisation
The administration reform has made a less fragmented University of Copenhagen, according to two employees. But the implementation of it is still ongoing.
Six months on from the administration reform and campus officers reflect on more tasks, more management, and what the point of it all was.
With the new administration at UCPH, union representative Anders Hartvig Hartzen has seen colleagues go on sick leave due to stress.
The faculty lets go of more than 100 staff members in total. Union representative wonders why management didn’t act sooner.
